Emiliag (ASA) A Bolivian province, Santa Cruz, held a referendum over the weekend. Unsurprisingly, voters in the oil-rich area supported greater autonomy—and keeping a greater portion of their oil revenue—from the central government. At least a few comments on the topic centered on the fact that Bolivia is an imagined community to which citizens feel […]

There have been a number of recent attempt to steal elections. Of course not all have succeed, and probably, not all have been known. Though I don’t have much advice about how to keep your fixing from being known, I have some ideas about how you can succeed despite it being known. First, there are […]

prakhar Be heard, provoke consideration, but never—never—be perceived as impetuous. The second the public at large sees you are a bigger problem than the problem you’re protesting about, you’ve lost. These thoughts of mine were provoked in no small part because of the amount of coverage that recent protests along the path of the Olympic […]

Tracy O (ASA) I recently wrote about how globalization could make the world a much safer place. The logic is essentially this: countries that have significant business interactions are much less likely to go to war. A China that relies on exports to the West probably won’t start a war with anyone, and a West […]

soldiersmediacenter There’s been a lot of talk recently—especially among America’s chattering left—about how dire it is that Americans have forgotten about Iraq. Today being the five year anniversary of the invasion, what better day is there tackle the issue? I, one who listens quite often to the chattering left, have forgotten about Iraq. I’m wondering […]